The Federation Cup is a soccer competition established in 1962 that is held between clubs who are affiliated with Capital Football in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding areas of New South Wales. It is the premier cup competition in the region. Since 2014, the Federation Cup has concurrently served as the ACT competition for the preliminary rounds of the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, with the cup winner representing the ACT.
Canberra FC currently holds the record for most titles, having lifted the Cup 18 times. Canberra Croatia are the current cup holders, having lifted the Cup in 2025.
Current Cup Competitions 2013-onwards
The current format is a qualifying competition for the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, where the winner qualifies for the Round of 32. Scheduling issues meant the 2014 winner was not decided until after the qualifier needed to be named. To overcome this Capital Football announced that the 2014 winner of the ACTs pre-season competition was to be the ACTs qualifier in 2014. However, Tuggeranong United as the 2013 Federation Cup winners successfully appealed to Capital Football to qualify them as ACTs 2014 FFA Cup entrant. The 2014 winner – Belconnen United – entered into the 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in a later round than the rest of the Capital Football NPL sides.
Competition and Year Linked FFA Cup Qualification Winner Score Runners-up Federation Cup 2013 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32 Tuggeranong United 3–2 Cooma FC Federation Cup 2014 Not applicable Belconnen United 3–2 Canberra FC Federation Cup 2015 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Gungahlin United 1–0 Belconnen United Federation Cup 2016 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Olympic 3–1 Tigers FC Federation Cup 2017 2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Olympic 2–0 Tuggeranong United Federation Cup 2018 2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra FC 3–2 Gungahlin United Federation Cup 2019 2019 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Cooma Tigers 0–0 (4–2) Canberra FC 2020 Federation Cup and 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Federation Cup 2021 2021 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Cooma Tigers 5–2 Monaro Panthers Federation Cup 2022 2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds Monaro Panthers 3–1 West Canberra Wanderers Federation Cup 2023 2023 Australia Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Croatia 4–2 Canberra Olympic Federation Cup 2024 2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds O'Connor Knights 4–2 Monaro Panthers Federation Cup 2025 2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Croatia 2–1 Queanbeyan CityFederation Cup 20262026 Australia Cup preliminary roundsCooma Tigers5-1Canberra FC
Previous Winners 1962–2012
Year Winner Score Runners-up 1962 SC Hope 3–0 Concordia 1963 Concordia 4–4 1–0 SC Hope 1964 SC Hope 2–1 Kosciusko 1965 Juventus 3–2 SC Hope 1966 Juventus 4–0 SC Hope 1967 Juventus 1–1 3–0 Croatia Deakin 1968 Juventus 1–0 Olympic 1969 Queanbeyan Macedonia 3–1 Juventus 1970 Turner Eagles 2–0 Croatia Deakin 1971 Griffith United 5–1 Forrest United 1972 Croatia Deakin 1–0 Juventus 1973 1974 Croatia Deakin 2–1 Forrest United 1975 West Woden Juventus 2–1 Croatia Deakin 1976 Inter Monaro 3–1 Downer Olympic 1977 Inter Monaro 2–1 Canberra United 1978 Croatia Deakin 2–1 West Woden Juventus 1979 Downer Olympic 2–0 Canberra City Roos 1980 West Woden Juventus 2–1 Croatia Deakin 1981 Downer Olympic 2–1 (4–3) ANU FC 1982 West Woden Juventus 2–1 Belconnen United 1983 Downer Olympic 1–0 Croatia Deakin 1984 Croatia Deakin 2–1 Griffith City 1985 Croatia Deakin 4–3 West Woden Juventus 1986 Croatia Deakin 1–1 (3–2) Juventus Year Winner Score Runners-up 1987 CCAE 2–1 Juventus 1988 Juventus 4–1 CCAE 1989 Tuggeranong United 3–0 Canberra City Concordia 1990 Belconnen United 3–0 UCU Pumas 1991 Canberra City 2–0 Canberra Croatia 1992 Belconnen United 3–3 (5–4) Olympic 1993 Tuggeranong United 1–0 Canberra Deakin 1994 Tuggeranong United 2–1 Canberra Deakin 1995 Canberra Deakin 1–0 Tuggeranong United 1996 Weston Creek Royals 3–0 Belconnen United 1997 Canberra Olympic 3–0 Belconnen United 1998 Belconnen United 2–1 Canberra City 1999 Canberra Olympic 6–2 Canberra Deakin 2000 Gungahlin Juventus 7–1 Tuggeranong United 2001 Gungahlin Juventus Capital City Suns 2002 Canberra Deakin 6–1 Gungahlin Juventus 2003 Gungahlin Juventus 2–1 Belconnen United 2004 Canberra Deakin 2–0 Capital City Suns 2005 Canberra City 3–1 Cooma Tigers 2006 Canberra FC 4–1 Cooma Tigers 2007 Canberra FC 7–1 ANU FC 2008 O'Connor Knights 3–2 Canberra FC 2009 Canberra FC 2–2 (4–1) Canberra Olympic 2010 Canberra FC 3–2 Goulburn Strikers 2011 Canberra FC 5–0 Belconnen United 2012 Canberra FC 5–4 Cooma Tigers
All-time record
All time winners list including Pre-NPL era and NPL era (1962 to current).
Federation Cup winners Club Winners Years Canberra FC / Canberra Croatia 1962, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2023, 2025 West Woden / Gungahlin Juventus 1965, 1966, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003 Canberra Olympic 1979, 1981, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2016, 2017 Belconnen United 1990, 1992, 1998, 2014 Tuggeranong United 1989, 1993, 1994, 2013 Canberra City 1963 (as Concordia), 1991, 2005 Monaro Panthers 1976, 1977, 2022 Cooma Tigers 2019, 2021 O'Connor Knights 2008, 2024 Griffith United 1971 Gungahlin United 2015 Queanbeyan City 1969 Turner Eagles 1970 Weston Molonglo FC 1996 UCU Pumas 1987 (as CCAE)
See also
Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory Sport in the Australian Capital Territory
External links Capital Football official website
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